ALFANIT is a LIQUID NITRIDING or NITROCARBURISING and surface hardening process used on FULLY FINISHED COMPONENTS.
ALFANIT improves the life of theferrous components especially on Engineering parts, sothat the warranty claims can be reduced.
ADVANTAGES
ALFANIT improves the resistance to WEAR, SEIZURE,GALLING, FATIGUE, CORROSIONon steels, stainless steels and cast iron components.
Fully Finished components can betreated by ALFANIT process as it gives least distortion Components which require shallow case depth by Carburizing, carbonitriding etc can be changed to ALFANIT process.
Costlier high alloyed steels can be replaced by ALFANIT treated Mild steel or low alloyed steel.
PROCESS & PROPERTIES
ALFANIT builds up a compound layer of e nitrides on the surface (10-25 mm)along with the Diffusion layer in which the Nitrogen is held in solid solution (100- 300 mm) and this layer improves the fatigue life of the treated components.
ALFANIT is the least pollutive NITROCARBURISING process available, among the salt bath technologies. The bath consists of carbonates and cyanates of alkaline metals. The chemistry of the bath is with 34 - 38%Cyanate(CNO), 17 21 % Carbonate (CO3)and 0.5 -1.0 % Cyanide (CN). The operating temperature of the bath is 560 570 C which is well below the austenitising temperature of any steel and hence least distortion on the ALFA NITROCARBURISED components. The properties of ALFA NITROCARBURISED components depend on the material composition ( more the percentage of carbon, the alloying elements present in the steel give more hardness and vice versa ).
The scuffing resistance of the ALFA NITROCARBURISED components can be studied by the Falex tester where the material to be tested in the form of a pin can be rotated at a constant speed in between the medium carbon steel jaws. The load is continuously increased through a ratchet wheel mechanism till either scuffing or extrution takes place. The load and the torque are continuously monitored. Materialswith poor adhesive wear resistance get scuffed (welded) with the jaws whereas ALFA NITROCARBURISED PINS DO NOT SCUFF but EXTRUDE axially, i.e, the integrity of the interacting surface remains intact but the frictional heat causes the core material to flow axially.
The increase in residual compressivestresses on the surface favours the fatigueresistance of the treated components.
CHANGE IN DIMENSION
ALFANIT treated component has a slight growth (low carbon steel 6-8 mm,Stainless steel 2-4 mm,Gray Cast Iron and S.G. Iron 8-12mm).
SURFACE FINISH
ALFA NITROCARBURISED COMPONENTS possess good surface finish .( Steel components with 0.2 RA Surface Finish will have 0.5 RA after nitriding )
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